Tumbler is our take on the classic brown ale – full of roasted malt flavor but delicate on the palate and perfect for crisp fall days. Layered with notes of chocolate and toasted bread and a hint of smoke, Tumbler is the ultimate autumn beer, so grab a seat and watch as the leaves come tumbling down.

App- Rich mahogony color with a small 3/4" head a bit off creme in color head. Pretty whispy lines of cling bit not too much. A small pond layer of bubbles.

Smell- Nice aromatics. Wood, malty, rich, roasty with some coffee. A very nice smelling brown ale. A little creamy on the nose as well.

Taste- This was a good tasting brown ale. A little lacking the taste in terms of App and Smell but this had a good balance of roast and malt with a good of creamy bitter hops behind it.

Mouth- A little thinner than I was expecting and had previously tasted in the 2010 bottle. This was a thinner medium body with the medium high carbonation level and a little residual roast, malt and bitter.

Drink- A very tasty brown ale with some nice balance and good roastiness behind it. A little lacking in pop but had a bit thin feel which brought it down a little for me.

12oz bottle (2011) thanks to a trade with sinkas. Poured into a Murrays tulip (sorry no more details on the glass and its heritage are known...)

Has a deep brown appearance, lighter brown around the edges of the base. Creamy looking head of foam in both colour and appearance. Some lacing as it recedes from a couple of fingers to a level just above film.

Smell has some smoke early on which was a surprise. Then it turns to caramel, malt with some bread. Seems to improve all the time.

Taste is very malty, not too one dimensional with a little bit of caramel and bread at the end.

Mouthfeel is more English than US brown ale. Not much hoppiness to speak of, plenty of malty sweetness and a tad cloying at times. Body is full for the style.

Overall it seems like this is an English Brown Ale, plenty of malt, not big on hop bitterness. Another well done Sierra Nevada brew.